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elected by their states. many believe we would see better performance by the governors if they were held accountable by the people in their provinces and districts. the international community did not make that choice when it was setting up the afghan constitution. many people wonder if that was an opportunity missed to provide less opportunity for corruption and more responsive and transparent government in afghanistan host: there have been complaints in the past from the karzai government about diplomatic channels from the united states. and reports are that he will be complaining as well this time to washington that he talked to officials there, but little progress is made. who is he talking to? what is the line of communication? guest: we have an ambassador in afghanistan, and currently general john allen. it is not intuitive that someone would feel sorry for president karzai, but he has had 10 u.s. commanders over the 10 years of war there. he has not had a chance to establish a long-term relationship an
elected by their states. many believe we would see better performance by the governors if they were held accountable by the people in their provinces and districts. the international community did not make that choice when it was setting up the afghan constitution. many people wonder if that was an opportunity missed to provide less opportunity for corruption and more responsive and transparent government in afghanistan host: there have been complaints in the past from the karzai government...
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i mean, when they talk about obama outperformed his polls in these five states, you have to attribute some of that to get out the vote efforts and field offices and field organizers. do you try to factor that in before? and how do you deal with the rise of early voting, especially with exit polls where you can't have someone at every county courthouse watching people as they come out of early voting? >> yeah. it's a, i think it's one of the challenges for polling, which is that campaigns are using technology to target, you know, no longer just about running ads that may or may not reach a broad swath of people. there's a push more targeted effort to get specific groups to the polls in specific states in specific parts of states. it's a very sophisticated thing now. and we're only doing national polls at my center, so i don't have a lot of tools to try to adjust for that or try to understand how that dynamic plays out. you certainly see it in our polls when we look at the people in those key battleground states like ohio and virginia and florida. they were experiencing a much different
i mean, when they talk about obama outperformed his polls in these five states, you have to attribute some of that to get out the vote efforts and field offices and field organizers. do you try to factor that in before? and how do you deal with the rise of early voting, especially with exit polls where you can't have someone at every county courthouse watching people as they come out of early voting? >> yeah. it's a, i think it's one of the challenges for polling, which is that campaigns...
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new jersey governor chris christiane the state of sandy. is he setting himself up for a 2016 presidential run? new jersey thinks so. and 3/4 of voters give him a thumbs up. two years ago today, jared lee loughner killed six people, wounded congresswoman gabby giffords, giffords speaking out about gun control. we'll hear what she has to say. >>> but first a hearing providing chilling, new detail about movie theater massacre in aurora, colorado, that left 12 people dead. day two of the preliminary hearing for suspect james holmes. casey wian's just come out of the court and joins us live from centennial, colorado. what's the latest from the hearing? >> reporter: well, what we heard, ali, just inside the courtroom a little while ago, two of the 41 911 calls placed the night of that shooting. two calls plays pi a detective made from inside the theater. one of them was the first call that was made on that night by a gentleman named kevin. call lasted 27 seconds, difficult to hear what he said, what the 911 operator had to say. but the unmistakab
new jersey governor chris christiane the state of sandy. is he setting himself up for a 2016 presidential run? new jersey thinks so. and 3/4 of voters give him a thumbs up. two years ago today, jared lee loughner killed six people, wounded congresswoman gabby giffords, giffords speaking out about gun control. we'll hear what she has to say. >>> but first a hearing providing chilling, new detail about movie theater massacre in aurora, colorado, that left 12 people dead. day two of the...
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obama administration can, right now, put into place that we can be issued military i.d.s. we just can't be issued benefits where there is financial ties to it. so, you know, with a stroke of the pen, this military i.d. could be a nonissue. but back to, you know, your question, you know, the conversation with the group was can you access base, yes, i can, through my caregiver pass. and then initially it was the military i.d. according to their website, according to their facebook, at the time, it said nothing about a military i.d. all it mentioned was a spouse. you know, requirement of being a military spouse. >> so then what's the issue ultimately, you think? >> so, i mean, i believe -- i believe it is because i am in a same sex marriage and i try to, you know, ask the president and the board members to call me so we could discuss this, you know, farther. i never heard anybody. and then i went to, you know, basically the internet and wrote an open letter. and from there i heard from people all over the world, other gay and lesbian service members and their families, and th
obama administration can, right now, put into place that we can be issued military i.d.s. we just can't be issued benefits where there is financial ties to it. so, you know, with a stroke of the pen, this military i.d. could be a nonissue. but back to, you know, your question, you know, the conversation with the group was can you access base, yes, i can, through my caregiver pass. and then initially it was the military i.d. according to their website, according to their facebook, at the time,...
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tracy: it could be anything, state and limitations on tax return, could be almost anything goes. why bother with laws. who cares about that? a new study reports the obama administration spend more on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than on any other federal criminal law enforcement combined. $18 billion spent, more than the budget of the fbi, the d a, secret service, bureau of alcohol and tobacco, really? is this good money spent? gerri willis is here. ashley: i have a feeling. gerri: not what you expect from the president. he seems to be for immigration reform but he is coming down a hard. the number of people removed from this country nearly doubled from 188,000 in 2000 to 409,000 in 2012. the only number that is down is border apprehensions at a four year low and we are doing a lot of that with groans now. ashley: interesting, and did thousand, how many of those come back? >> great point. i feel strongly about this but have to turn to my cohort who actually is not from this country. ashley: i'm a u.s. citizen now. it was very hard to get in. you had to go throu
tracy: it could be anything, state and limitations on tax return, could be almost anything goes. why bother with laws. who cares about that? a new study reports the obama administration spend more on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than on any other federal criminal law enforcement combined. $18 billion spent, more than the budget of the fbi, the d a, secret service, bureau of alcohol and tobacco, really? is this good money spent? gerri willis is here. ashley: i have a feeling....
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i've wanted to ask a question about apis relationship with the obama administration. i know, well, before the election, you said that it seemed like they were kind of being more, or reaching out more to the oil and gas industry compared to the start of the administration. are using more of that now that the reelection has happened, are you seeing that there's more outreach or that you're able to get your messages across to the administration? what are hearing from them? and then also i wanted to know, you talked about expanding, but with the reelection of the obama administration, it would seem like that's pretty much off the table, you know, the five year plan is already done for offshore. they don't seem to be showing any movement towards expanding access, so is there some type of deal i could be made or how would or how would that happen speak with a lot of questions. let me try to remember them all and respond accordingly. first of all there's lots of opportunity to change policy, to encourage the development of u.s. resource. it does and i'll have to occur within
i've wanted to ask a question about apis relationship with the obama administration. i know, well, before the election, you said that it seemed like they were kind of being more, or reaching out more to the oil and gas industry compared to the start of the administration. are using more of that now that the reelection has happened, are you seeing that there's more outreach or that you're able to get your messages across to the administration? what are hearing from them? and then also i wanted...
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the question is, can you afford, as the united states -- their interests -- the obama administration decided it will not supply legal aid, certainly no troops on the ground or air power like we saw with libya. they have taken a pretty hands- off approach. the idea that we can do nothing, as this starts to draw in all of its neighbors, is a very difficult stance to hold onto f or two years. host: the decision to downsize the defense department -- guest: it is very much part of a retrenchment or restoration doctrine that you would take off the table very manpower- intensive wars with regime iraq andike we had in th afghanistan. there are a lot of military experts who support that. we have exhausted our armed forces with beast two very costly costly counterinsurgency wars. let's not do that dosh with these -- with these two very costly counterinsurgency wars. let's not do that wit. they have adopted a much more discrete response to the terrorist threat -- discretet response to the terrorist threat. host: the us is still spending more on defense than the top 10 nations combined here it i
the question is, can you afford, as the united states -- their interests -- the obama administration decided it will not supply legal aid, certainly no troops on the ground or air power like we saw with libya. they have taken a pretty hands- off approach. the idea that we can do nothing, as this starts to draw in all of its neighbors, is a very difficult stance to hold onto f or two years. host: the decision to downsize the defense department -- guest: it is very much part of a retrenchment or...
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in colorado or washington and wondering whether that's an appropriate way to determine or settle the state, federal conflict. >> it's been busy lately. let's -- any others here? the gentleman here. make them quick if you don't mind. >> sure. neil franklin, director of law enforcement against prohibition. hear about leadership, again, steve mentioned leadership. special markets, this is the impotent congress, no leadership there. is this an opportunity for the president, and what is the president's latitude, you know? i know executive branch enforcing the law, but what's the president's latitude, and what can the white house do? what should he do? i hope these answers get to him. >> let's go to the gentleman with the beard. we have a couple tweets; right? >> i'm dylan scott with governing magazine. i wanted to get back to just the broader federalism issue which i talked to several people who said like john did that between gay marriage, the affordable care act, and marijuana, we're kind of redefining federalism in a lot of ways, or we could be. i wanted to just kind of ask you guys in a ver
in colorado or washington and wondering whether that's an appropriate way to determine or settle the state, federal conflict. >> it's been busy lately. let's -- any others here? the gentleman here. make them quick if you don't mind. >> sure. neil franklin, director of law enforcement against prohibition. hear about leadership, again, steve mentioned leadership. special markets, this is the impotent congress, no leadership there. is this an opportunity for the president, and what is...
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that is the pattern president obama what has chosen for his staff picks. the betting is on his successor as chief of staff being another insider, dennis mcdonough, who is now the deputy national security adviser. >> first things first on that story. the top republican on the senate banking committee has come out opposing lew's nomination saying that he must never be secretary of treasury. on the cnbc newsline this morning, senator jeff sessions. good morning. >> good. budget committee, not banking. >> never is a long time, senator. it certainly sounds like a threat to filibuster. how serious are you? >> i feel very strongly about this. in 2011 when he was the omb director, we hoped that there would be an historic bipartisan agreement about our debt course. he came before the american people, announced the budget that he had crafted and said, quote, our budget will get us over the next several years to the point where we can look the american people in the eye and say we're not adding to the debt anymore, we're spending money that we have each your, then we
that is the pattern president obama what has chosen for his staff picks. the betting is on his successor as chief of staff being another insider, dennis mcdonough, who is now the deputy national security adviser. >> first things first on that story. the top republican on the senate banking committee has come out opposing lew's nomination saying that he must never be secretary of treasury. on the cnbc newsline this morning, senator jeff sessions. good morning. >> good. budget...
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he served in hillary clinton's state department. he does not have a deep background and ties to wall street and business. he's a creature of congress, made his name in washington working for tip o'neal, the house speaker. very hard working, very key, very bright. republicans found him a difficult negotiators in some of the budget talks over the last couple of years, but i would expect, andrew, that he's going to be confirmed pretty handily even though he'll have difficult questions in his confirmation hearing. >> john, how disappointed -- and perhaps now, but it appears that the business community seems disappointed, if you read "the wall street journal" editorial page today. there's a sense of disappointment that the president didn't pick somebody from the business community, somebody with more experience in the world of finance private sector as joe would say. >> i understand the disappointment because they want one of theirs. but, you know, president obama wants one of his in that job. when he looks at the economic issues that ar
he served in hillary clinton's state department. he does not have a deep background and ties to wall street and business. he's a creature of congress, made his name in washington working for tip o'neal, the house speaker. very hard working, very key, very bright. republicans found him a difficult negotiators in some of the budget talks over the last couple of years, but i would expect, andrew, that he's going to be confirmed pretty handily even though he'll have difficult questions in his...
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obama has also nominated a new treasury secretary. that is jack lew who is currently the white house chief of staff. the president nominated jack lew to be treasury secretary last week. and here comes the president of the united states. >> please, have a seat, everybody. good morning. i thought it might make sense to take some questions this week as my first term comes to an end. it's been a busy and productive four years, and i expect the same for the next four years. i intend to carry out the agenda that i campaigned on, an agenda for new jobs, new opportunity and new security for the middle class. now, right now our economy is growing and our businesses are creating new jobs so we are poised for a good year. if we make smart decisions and sound investments and as long as washington politics don't get in the way of america's progress. as i said on the campaign, one component to growing our economy and broadening opportunity for the middle class is shrinking our deficits in a balanced and responsible way. and for nearly two years now
obama has also nominated a new treasury secretary. that is jack lew who is currently the white house chief of staff. the president nominated jack lew to be treasury secretary last week. and here comes the president of the united states. >> please, have a seat, everybody. good morning. i thought it might make sense to take some questions this week as my first term comes to an end. it's been a busy and productive four years, and i expect the same for the next four years. i intend to carry...
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then it turned out that mitt romney hired more women than any other state. >>brian: it was put out that in the white house women made less than men. if you look at the campaign, the president promised women contraceptives and abortions. he didn't promise them a table at power. >>gretchen: he wasn't in favor of that bill that would be equal pay, ledbetter bill. >>steve: we have secretary of state john kerry still in. the new secretary of defense is a man. the nominee any way. and the new c.i.a. director is a man. and not that i'm anti-man. but if they do need good candidates, mitt romney has got binders full of women he could supply at the white house. >>gretchen: we're falling back to that? >>brian: i never forget. on his radio show yesterday, mike huckabee, former governor of the great state of arkansas, said how come so much test test testerone in the cabinet and so little estrogen. he said if you look around, all these appointments he's making in the white house are all white guys. >>steve: that point brought up -- >>gretchen: we will have a member of the
then it turned out that mitt romney hired more women than any other state. >>brian: it was put out that in the white house women made less than men. if you look at the campaign, the president promised women contraceptives and abortions. he didn't promise them a table at power. >>gretchen: he wasn't in favor of that bill that would be equal pay, ledbetter bill. >>steve: we have secretary of state john kerry still in. the new secretary of defense is a man. the nominee any way....
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it's hard to know whether obama won over economics or whether he won over social policies. >> that everybody gets to use their own -- >> there's a lot of -- >> i understand. >> simpson bowles, alan simpson and erskine bowles, bipartisan group, they have been trying like mad to get people to pay attention to this message. they're out against today. they're going to have another time-out and the fiscal message, the bipartisan fiscal message doesn't seem to be picking up speed, even though they have been out there working their tails off to get attention. >> i think it's a hard fight. but i don't see how we can help but fight it. i do not particularly think, and my efforts have always been directed at policy who have a huge investment in this and are open to new ideas. what you see in colleges more and more, they're still a minority, even though the majority of them voted for somebody like obama, a lot over social issues, they're starting to understand the long-term consequences and are open to, i believe, the libertarian ideas versus traditional conservative ideas. >> you feel like mcgovern di
it's hard to know whether obama won over economics or whether he won over social policies. >> that everybody gets to use their own -- >> there's a lot of -- >> i understand. >> simpson bowles, alan simpson and erskine bowles, bipartisan group, they have been trying like mad to get people to pay attention to this message. they're out against today. they're going to have another time-out and the fiscal message, the bipartisan fiscal message doesn't seem to be picking up...
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president obama as the president's inner circle. also, the fierce spread of the flu across the united states and now a shortage of a critical medicine used to treat it. >>> plus, prominent voices lending support to an unlikely idea of a trillion dollar coin. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> judgment, integrity, and friendship all cited by president obama as he nominated his chief of staff, jack lew, to be the next treasury secretary but the announcement is drawing attention to the makeup of the president's second-term cabinet. it's on track to be dominated by men. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is joining us from the white house. what is the white house saying about all of this? >> reporter: wolf, the white house has been asked about this quite a bit. white house press secretary jay carney has said that the president believes diversity is important and he's highlighted that there are a number of women serving in the white house and in the administration and indeed there are, wolf, and there's lack
president obama as the president's inner circle. also, the fierce spread of the flu across the united states and now a shortage of a critical medicine used to treat it. >>> plus, prominent voices lending support to an unlikely idea of a trillion dollar coin. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> judgment, integrity, and friendship all cited by president obama as he nominated his chief of staff, jack lew, to be the next treasury secretary but the...
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run by the obama understanding. this movement terrified the power elet and in particular the democratic party, this kind of faux liberalism that speaks in the traditional feel your pain language and has abandoned the very consequences ensi that they purport to represent. that is very dangerous. i covered the war in the former yugoslavia for the "new york times." i watched what political paralysis does. that is essentially what has happened. we have a system that is incapable of responding to the legitimate grievances and injustices to are being visited on tens of millions of americans. half of this country is leaving in poverty or a category called near poverty. what is the response of the corporate state? it is to cut unemployment benefits for hundreds of thousands of americans, which means tens of thousands of these people are going to lose their homes and they're all about to push us over the so-called fiscal cliff. corporations know only one word and that's more. and because all of the restraints, the regulation
run by the obama understanding. this movement terrified the power elet and in particular the democratic party, this kind of faux liberalism that speaks in the traditional feel your pain language and has abandoned the very consequences ensi that they purport to represent. that is very dangerous. i covered the war in the former yugoslavia for the "new york times." i watched what political paralysis does. that is essentially what has happened. we have a system that is incapable of...
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imagine the tableau of obama flanked by secretary of state nominee susan rice and defense secretary nominee michele flournoy. that would have been the ultimate you've-come-a-long-way moment. we've heard this since 2009. it's a guys club. "the new york times" has reported that, it's a guys club. he has guys golfing with him. he's got guys playing basketball with him. women have complained quietly about being excluded at the white house since 2009. >> well, i think statistically president obama has more women in his cabinet than president bush did. i think as katty said, he would point to his first term when he did have hillary clinton, napolitano, sebelius, valerie jarrett is his top adviser. i think it goes without saying that if this were a republican president, it would be a national outrage. and it would be made into a larger point about the republican party being a party of only white men. so there is a double standard at work for sure. and i think it's a little surprising, frankly, that president obama didn't choose any women based on what he did in his first term which was to put wome
imagine the tableau of obama flanked by secretary of state nominee susan rice and defense secretary nominee michele flournoy. that would have been the ultimate you've-come-a-long-way moment. we've heard this since 2009. it's a guys club. "the new york times" has reported that, it's a guys club. he has guys golfing with him. he's got guys playing basketball with him. women have complained quietly about being excluded at the white house since 2009. >> well, i think statistically...
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you know, you can't imagine president obama doing that. so she's looking at this skpag, well, what can i do? i'm a former presidential candidate, first lady, senator, i'm a superstar. and what can i do? and it turns out she has gone to bat for dozens of companies and helped them seal billions of dollars worth of deals. >> and in so doing, telling american business people, the playing field is not skewed again. so there's been this feeling, as you go across the globe, that the power is moving away from america. the soft power, especially. that it's going to rest with china. or brazil or india or dubai. and, again, this is -- it seems to me, this should be hillary clinton's first job. we're not going to start a world war on -- in europe. but there are battles every day for supremacy economically. >> when you interview these companies, the first thing they'll tell you is that 30 years ago, even 20 years ago, this wasn't an issue for them. and, you know, they'll say, increasingly, the countries that were our customers are now our competitors.
you know, you can't imagine president obama doing that. so she's looking at this skpag, well, what can i do? i'm a former presidential candidate, first lady, senator, i'm a superstar. and what can i do? and it turns out she has gone to bat for dozens of companies and helped them seal billions of dollars worth of deals. >> and in so doing, telling american business people, the playing field is not skewed again. so there's been this feeling, as you go across the globe, that the power is...
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initially the united states use the argument that president obama did not want to press the gun ownership lobby prior to the election. if you think it might have a positive effect on actually getting agreement from the united states. you mentioned other arms export countries. to what extent are countries like russia or china determine how effective a treaty is? >> a treaty that involves those countries will be dramatically more effective it. russia is a major arms exporter, as is the united states. we do want them in it. i think it is too early to say -- and analysis of u.s. domestic politics. last week it may have affected this. we had reached a point in july with the inclusion of ammunitions, which was a contentious point of the united states through article 6 regulating ammunition. the united states are not willing to go a long -- they are not necessarily opposing that. that is not necessarily a showstopper. there are things we have to do to improve the -- the text before us could be improved. removing some of the loopholes that could be argued with greater clarity on public reporting,
initially the united states use the argument that president obama did not want to press the gun ownership lobby prior to the election. if you think it might have a positive effect on actually getting agreement from the united states. you mentioned other arms export countries. to what extent are countries like russia or china determine how effective a treaty is? >> a treaty that involves those countries will be dramatically more effective it. russia is a major arms exporter, as is the...
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. >> i wanted to ask you a question about api's relationship with the obama administration. before the election, you said it seemed they were being -- they were reaching out more compared to the start of the administration. are you seeing more of that now that the pre-election has happened a? i use seeing that you are able to get your messages across to the administration? are you seeing from them? you talked about expanding access with the reelection of the obama administration is seems that is pretty much off the table. the five-year plan is off to which they do not seem to be a movement towards expanding access. is there a deal that could be made there? >> and let me try to remember all of the questions all and respond accordingly. there is lots of opportunity to develop u.s. resource. the outcome rests the authority, the congress could act. there is already under foot and some expanded to expand the potential opportunities. there is bipartisan support in for tinia. you have been looking in does arizona and the resources. the chairmen is talking about a revenue sharing pr
. >> i wanted to ask you a question about api's relationship with the obama administration. before the election, you said it seemed they were being -- they were reaching out more compared to the start of the administration. are you seeing more of that now that the pre-election has happened a? i use seeing that you are able to get your messages across to the administration? are you seeing from them? you talked about expanding access with the reelection of the obama administration is seems...